President Masoud Barzani and Mr. Joseph Biden, the Vice President of the United States held a phone conversation on Tuesday. The two spoke of the latest developments in the effort to completely liberate the province of Mosul from the terrorists of the Islamic State.

Vice President Biden praised the Peshmerga forces for their crucial role in the Mosul operation and expressed his condolences to the families and loved ones of those who paid the ultimate price. He stated that the U.S. government will continue to support the Iraqi and Kurdish Region forces in their collective effort to rid the region of the terrorists of the Islamic State.